DAVAO CITY - Members of the Bangsamoro Parliament filed a bill for the appropriation of P50 million to fund the acquisition of additional oxygen tanks that will be distributed to medical facilities catering to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
Senator Joel Villanueva has asked the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and other concerned government agencies to release the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the law granting scholarship for qualified medical students. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The chairman of the...
Who's really calling the shots now? Senate President Vicente Sotto III raised this question as he slammed on Friday, June 18, the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases for refusing to ease the rules on the use of face shields amid the pandemic. Senate...
The money used by ordinary Filipinos to purchase face shields could have been used to buy food and other essential items they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay said on Friday (June 18). (Jojo Binay Facebook/Manila Bulletin) “Buti sana kung libre ang...
The Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing, and Resettlement has approved proposals for the grant of monthly rental subsidies to informal settler families (ISFs) and other eligible beneficiaries displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as evictions and demolitions. In this file photo taken...
President Duterte has agreed that face shields should only be worn in hospitals. In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people wearing face shields queue up at a public market in Manila. (TED ALJIBE/AFP) Senate President Vicente Sotto III said this came up during their meeting in Malacañang on...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, June 16 said the Senate Committee on Finance will start deliberations on the proposed Bayanihan 3 bill once Congress resumes sessions in July. Angara, chairman of the Senate finance panel, said July would be the best time to tackle the measure as the Bayanihan to...
Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Tuesday, June 15, appealed to the executive department to decide on whether or not to consider the proposed Bayanihan 3 law as an urgent piece of legislation so the Senate can take prompt action. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan asks Cabinet officials on their...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday, June 14, appealed for more transparency on Philippine government's vaccine procurement, particularly the prices of vaccine doses, especially that the executive department is requesting for an additional P25 billion to finance the program. Senator Joel Villanueva...
For those who admired and loved her, Miriam Defensor-Santiago was a “political prophet” for her foresight on various issues, including a pandemic which would have been addressed sooner if her proposals responding to public health emergencies were passed into law. Late Senator Miriam...
Senators on Saturday, June 12, asked the government task force and the Department of Health (DOH) to give designated czars and local government units (LGUs) more authority in implementing the vaccination program. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19...
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has called on the government to increase the wages and benefits of nurses in the Philippines. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Legarda issued the appeal after lauded as a "welcome development" the Malacañang's move to reverse the Department of Budget...
